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By Henry Umoru
NATIONAL leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, yesterday, accused the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, of engaging in political terrorism in Rivers and Akwa Ibom states, just as it stressed that the action portends great danger to the nation’s democracy as well as capable of threatening the peace and stability in these states and the South-South.

In a statement by the Acting National Chairman, Prince Uche Secondus, the PDP noted that what was going on in the two states and others controlled by the PDP was a script acted in line with the statement of the APC National Chairman, Chief John Odigie-Oyegun, that the ruling party would capture all the states in the South-South.
Secondus said, “The recent comments credited to Chief John Oyegun, National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), conveying the desperation of his party and the Presidency to forcefully take over PDP states in the South-South is, to say the least, unfortunate and disappointing.
, “Chief Oyegun’s boast, while reacting to the bizarre ruling of the Court of Appeal judgment on Rivers State governorship petition wherein he stated: “I am more confident of winning Akwa-Ibom than any other state in the South-South…we are going to win; that is almost a certainty”, is not only careless but also smacks of impunity and arrogance that have characterized the APC.
“This comment also further betrays APC’s dirty underhand deals with unscrupulous electoral and judicial operatives, which gives its National Chairman impetus to make sweeping statements that has no place in electoral reality.
“Perhaps, it is pertinent to ask: ‘How could Chief Oyegun have known for certainty the outcome of the gubernatorial dispute in Akwa-Ibom State, a matter that may end up in the Supreme Court? Is this not a clear indication so far that Chief Oyegun and the APC are indeed interfering with the judicial processes in their quest to forcefully take over PDP states?
“Having severally alerted Nigerians and the international community of the plans of the APC to decimate the opposition by `taking over’ states controlled by the PDP, especially in Rivers and Akwa-Ibom states of the South-South zone by every means possible, we warn of dire consequences of the actions by the APC to disrupt the will of the people of the two states.
“Indeed, let it be known that the PDP warned that this script being played out by Chief Oyegun and his ilk in the APC clearly portends danger to our democratic project and our national stability”.

http://www.vanguardngr.com/2015/12/apc-engaging-in-political-terrorism-in-rivers-akwa-ibom-pdp/

Buhari is not prepared for governance

THEIR countenance was business like, an indication of the critical nature of what they had converged for.
Indeed, an issue of uttermost significance could attract such eminent Nigerians of Igbo extraction.
Consider these names: Senator Ike Ekweremadu, Deputy Senate President; Commodore Ebitu Ukiwe, retd; Mr. Peter Obi; Prof Ben Nwabueze, SAN; Prof A.B.C Nwosu; Chief Joe Irukwu, SAN;Senator Hope Uzodinma; Senator Sonni Ogbuju; Sen Ben Obi; Prof George Obiozor; Chief Gary Enwo-Igariwey, and Elder Uma Eleazu.
Others are Prof Osita;Ogbu, Chief Guy Ikokwu, Chief C.C Ifeanyi, Bishop Sunday Onuoha, Chief Charles Odunukwe, Eze C.I. Ilomuanya, Eze Gibson Nwosu, Igwe Chris Onyekwuluije, Chief E. A Ukpabi, Mr. Emeka Ugwu-Oju, Chief C.C Ifeanyi, Chief Christopher Eze, Chief Charles Odunukwe and leaders of various market associations in Lagos, among others.
From Abuja, Enugu, Owerri, Umuahia, Awka, Abakiliki and other parts of the country, they met in Lagos to deliberate on issues affecting the South-East in the light of the o-ngoing street protests by youths in the geo-political zone.
Sunday Vanguard understood that the gathering was at the instance of Ekweremadu under the auspices of Concerned Igbo Elders, Traditional Rulers and Stakeholders.
Instructively, the convergence was the first of its kind since the commencement of the reverberating protests by youths demanding for the sovereign state of Biafra.
The forum was particularly distinguished by the fact that it was of a melting point for every class of the Igbo race, as evidenced by the presence of serving and past government officials, traditional rulers, the clergy, academicians and traders among others.
At the event, chaired by Ukiwe, speakers mirrored the protests within the context of the place of the Igbo in the present dispensation and submitted that the underlying issues are beyond the assumed reasons for the unrest.
Blending the realities on ground with historical instances, they were unanimous in the argument that the South-East has been deliberately relegated out of prominence in the country’s political configuration.
This situation, to them, contravenes all known principles and norms of federalism which the country practices.
With certitude, the speakers dismissed the widely held assumptions that the protests were provoked by the collapsed and inadequate infrastructure in the region.

Psychological and physical pains

The outrage, they enthused, is nothing but the outward expression of the psychological and physical pain arising from the current exclusion of the South-East from the governance of Nigeria.
Sunday Vanguard also learnt, from the uniformity of the contributions to the interaction, that the Ndigbo feel alienated by the distribution of political offices in a manner widely seen as unequal.
Of note, in their reckoning, are key ministerial, security and statutory positions, among others.
A communique, issued at the gathering, further elucidates the posture of Ndigbo.
It read: ‘’This meeting was convened at the instance of the Deputy Senate President, Sen Ike Ekweremadu. The meeting was of the view that Ndigbo are dissatisfied with their current position in Nigeria. The meeting noted that Nigeria is a negotiated federation of three regions in 1960. And our fore fathers played a major role in bringing it to be.
[b] ‘’In the First Republic all constituent regions had their separate constitutions and had a say in the exercise of central power in Nigeria. Ditto in the Second Republic with federating units.[/b]In the Third Republic, even when the Alliance for Democracy,AD, dominated in the South-West, the then President Olusegun Obasanjo of the PDP made deliberate efforts to bring in AD. That was statesmanship. That was nation building.

Nation builders

‘’It is not in doubt that Ndigbo are nation builders, found all over Nigeria, earning their living and helping to develop the communities in which they are domiciled. Ndigbo do not have an empire mentality and do not wish to dominate any other and would not want to be dominated either.
‘’Ndigbo would never accept to be second class citizens in a country in which their fore fathers laboured along with others to bring into being and to develop. Ndigbo would never be tired of and protesting against injustice and inequity in Nigeria. For as Elie Diesel said ‘’There may be a time when we are powerless to prevent injustice, but there must never be a time when we fail to protest against injustice.’’
Street protests by the youths
‘’Ndigbo have reviewed the ongoing street and public protests by the youths calling for Biafra and are of the considered opinion that these are outward expressions of the psychological and physical pain arising from the current exclusion of the South East geo-political zone from the governance of the country and this should be addressed and redressed.
‘’Consequently, Ndigbo strongly recommend that dialogue be embraced in order to remedy the situation. All public protests should be stopped. And more importantly the public protests should not be exported. Ndigbo are deeply saddened by the loss of lives arising from the protest. Enough Igbo blood have been spilled in Nigeria.

Immediate dialogue

‘’To facilitate the immediate initiation of dialogue to remedy the current intolerable Igbo situation in Nigeria, we reiterate the advise given to the Federal Government by Ohaneze Ndigbo to treat the continued detention of Mr. Nnamdi Kanu as a political matter rather than criminal issue. We understand that the courts ordered his release. We urge the Federal Government to abide by the rule of law.
‘’Ndigbo participated actively with other Nigerians at the 2014 National Conference. We see the report of that conference as a veritable document to anchor the proposed dialogue towards the restoration of Nigeria to true federalism which our founding fathers negotiated prior to independence in 1960.
‘’Ndigbo stand firmly on the implementation of the key recommendations of that conference. The meeting stands for, believes in and supports the unity of Nigeria founded on justice and equity.’’
However, moved by the impressive turnout and the ability to have a common voice on the development, Nwabueze called for the sustainance of such oneness on issues pertaining the zone.
‘’The success of this gathering should not end here. We need to sustain it. First thing is to formalize this initiative. We must also have a group to talk with our governors not only on the Biafran issue but others.’’

http://www.vanguardngr.com/2015/12/igbo-marginalisation-unacceptable-ebitu-ukiwe-ben-nwabueze-abc-nwosu-others/#top

Cc Lalasticlala

Decimation in action

Hope you won't deny when Dasuki starts roll call of Arm's scandals

Hope he will be signing the cheques this time around not the usual deceit that someone else does that as the case of the 78million website fraud.

Clerverly:
When are they going to discipline the so Called Yahaya Bello for all the anti Party activities preceding the election and victory of Audu and Faleke, he now wants to inherit??

Ndi Ara!!

Shataap, this is democracy at work.

I can see Ambode haters, the poster boys of Tinubu /Fashola castigating the most democratic Governor in the history of Lagos

The best Governor of Lagos since '99

sinkhole:
that man in white, without cap, come dey smile saying "you see, I told them to dress well, this is a white wedding naa"

That's the most handsome Senator Andy Uba from Anambra

imamabi:
Why is Nigeria government website hackable? Is it that we don't have cyber security expatriate in this Nation? Giant of Africa, so I was told and so I use to believe!

Any website is susceptible for cyber attack even the ones in Silicon Valley

@funlord, is 'olodo' an English word? You must have been enslaved by your paymaster and slave masters up north

I know that this question may sound absurd or foolish to some but one cannot rule out the recent events in the military circles and the entire nation where the Nigerian Military has become a den for trained assassins specialised in gunning down unarmed protesters and civilians.

Examples include :
The shooting of IPOB protesters in Onitsha,
The shooting of peaceful Shiit Muslim protesters and destruction of properties worth of billions in Zaria Kaduna state,
Unlawful arrest and detention of IPOB leader Nnamdi Kanu and brutalization of Shiit Muslim leader El Zakzaky
Fulanis herdsmen terror in the south west,
The bombing of towns and villages in Calabar cross river state and incessant bokoharam activities in the north.

The question is what's next?
Who knows where next these trained assassins in the Zoogerian military toga will carry out the orders of the powers that be to make sure that their predictions comes to fruition?

Indeed Nigeria as a country has zero intelligence agencies and that's the reasons why other countries in the world are carrying out a superficial espionage on the zoological Republic with reckless abandon.

Finally DSS and DMI are poos of agencies and in fact a disgrace to every other intelligence agencies around the globe.

Cc passingshot, QuotaSystem, Fulanimafia, EUROBOMER, dearpreye, PhockPhockMan,

Hmmmm

Zoogeria and lies are inseparable

Nigeria army should refrain from churning out lies on daily basis to zoogerians
We have the records and every details of such arrangements. Shame on Burutai and his boys scout called Zoogeria army!!!

In a statement announcing the award in September, the committee praised Mugabe for being “committed to building the country’s political and economic order, for the benefit of the Zimbabwean people”, and for his “strong support of Pan-Africanism and African independence”.

The true Africans'leader in the 21st century

The founder of the Confucius Peace Prize, a would-be Chinese rival to the Nobel, on Thursday defended this year’s award to Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe, who has often been accused of rights abuses.
Qiao Damo, founder of the little-known China International Peace Studies Centre, which runs the accolade, told AFP that Mugabe had been recognised for his “outstanding contributions” to world peace.

The nonagerian African leader beat nine other finalists, including Bill Gates, UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon, and South Korean President Park Geun-Hye, he added.

“If he hadn’t come to power in 1980, if he hadn’t played a role, how much talent would have been wasted!” said Qiao.

The Confucius prize emerged in 2010 as a Chinese response to jailed dissident Liu Xiaobo’s Nobel award, which infuriated Beijing.

Mugabe — who has had a close relationship with Beijing for decades — joins an eclectic roster of past winners, which includes Vladimir Putin and Fidel Castro as well as more mainstream figures such as Kofi Annan.

In a statement announcing the award in September, the committee praised Mugabe for being “committed to building the country’s political and economic order, for the benefit of the Zimbabwean people”, and for his “strong support of Pan-Africanism and African independence”.

Human rights groups and opposition politicians accuse Mugabe of overseeing the crippling of his country’s economy and brutal crackdowns, but the prize organisers dismissed their concerns.

Qiao cited Mugabe’s “ability to stabilise Zimbabwe and at the same time promote peace in Africa” as chairman of the African Union.

“Unrest is quite normal,” he said. “When America was first founded, it was also very chaotic, and Zimbabwe was only founded 30 years ago.”

Writing on Zimbabwe’s Bulawayo24 news site, Gorden Moyo, secretary-general of the People’s Democratic Party, a Zimbabwean opposition party led by former finance minister Tendai Biti, described the award as “insanity”.

“Mugabe as we know him and as the people of Zimbabwe have experienced his reign is a war-monger, a bellicosist and a sadist who delights in the misery of the people,” he said.

The prize organisers, he added, “should hang their heads in shame for rewarding murderers who masquerade as peace makers”.

An award ceremony — the honour is worth 500,000 yuan ($80,000) this year — will be held in December, Qiao said, adding the payment was funded by Chinese businessmen he declined to name.

Foreign ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying told AFP the Confucius prize was “not affiliated with the government”.

Qiao said the award was intended to balance the Nobel “from the perspective of Confucian culture”, as the Norwegian peace prize was “too extreme and not consistent with facts”.

“The Nobel Peace Prize is built on the foundations of Western civilisation, but our peace prize is built on the foundation of Eastern civilisation,” he said.

The Zimbabwean embassy in Beijing declined to comment immediately to AFP.

http://www.ngrguardiannews.com/2015/10/zimbabwes-robert-mugabe-wins-confucius-peace-prize/

Cc: lalasticlala

The Ogun State government said on Thursday that the state records 15 cases of rape and other sexually-related offences on weekly basis.
The Solicitor General and Permanent Secretary of the state Ministry of Justice, Adesola Shobayo, made the disclosure while speaking with journalists in her office in Abeokuta.
Mrs. Shobayo said the rate at which abuse of minors and other related offences were fast increasing in the state had become worrisome.
She explained that the best way to check the problem was to review the criminal law by fast-tracking the legal process and imposing stiffer sanctions in order to deter culprits.
“I don’t know why rape cases are so common these days. It is fast becoming a big problem in the state.
“We now record no fewer than 15 cases of rape in a week. My own attitude to these problems is to review our criminal law as it affects defilement and other sexual offences.
“Also, government at all levels should come up with stiffer punishments so as to deter culprits totally from it,” she said.
Speaking further on the protection of children rights in the state, the permanent secretary revealed that the Amended Child Rights Law was already being implemented in the state.
According to her, the present administration in the state was doing all within its capacity to promote, and preserve the rights of children between the ages of one and 18 years.
She explained that the government of the state detested any action tending to infringe on the rights and privileges of children.
Mrs. Shobayo said government would not condone any form of violation against them and would not hesitate to punish anyone found culpable.
She said the ministry of justice also provides legal support to indigent people in society through the Citizens Right Department, CRD, by defending them in civil and criminal cases.
http://www.premiumtimesng.com/news/top-news/191566-ogun-records-15-rape-cases-weekly-official.html

The Ogun State government said on Thursday that the state records 15 cases of rape and other sexually-related offences on weekly basis.
The Solicitor General and Permanent Secretary of the state Ministry of Justice, Adesola Shobayo, made the disclosure while speaking with journalists in her office in Abeokuta.
Mrs. Shobayo said the rate at which abuse of minors and other related offences were fast increasing in the state had become worrisome.
She explained that the best way to check the problem was to review the criminal law by fast-tracking the legal process and imposing stiffer sanctions in order to deter culprits.
“I don’t know why rape cases are so common these days. It is fast becoming a big problem in the state.
“We now record no fewer than 15 cases of rape in a week. My own attitude to these problems is to review our criminal law as it affects defilement and other sexual offences.
“Also, government at all levels should come up with stiffer punishments so as to deter culprits totally from it,” she said.
Speaking further on the protection of children rights in the state, the permanent secretary revealed that the Amended Child Rights Law was already being implemented in the state.
According to her, the present administration in the state was doing all within its capacity to promote, and preserve the rights of children between the ages of one and 18 years.
She explained that the government of the state detested any action tending to infringe on the rights and privileges of children.
Mrs. Shobayo said government would not condone any form of violation against them and would not hesitate to punish anyone found culpable.
She said the ministry of justice also provides legal support to indigent people in society through the Citizens Right Department, CRD, by defending them in civil and criminal cases.

Former President Goodluck Jonathan’s Adviser on Media, Reuben Abati, has dismissed the widespread view that the former president lost the last election because of incompetence and cluelessness.
Mr. Abati said in his first major interview in the October/November edition of The Interview out next week, that Mr. Jonathan was, “a victim of power game” and the vicious propaganda of the opposition.
“All they could focus on,” he said, “was trying to discredit the president. They called him clueless, they said he was incompetent, they said he was a drunkard!”
In a separate interview also featured in the coming edition of The Interview, Femi Adesina, the Special Adviser on Media and Publicity to President Muhammadu Buhari, expressed a different view.
Mr. Adesina said he knew Mr. Jonathan would lose and was not surprised when it happened. “If Jonathan had won the election,” he said, “Nigeria would have shut down.” The government, he said, had run out of steam.
Mr. Abati spoke on the last days of Mr. Jonathan in Aso Rock; his own controversial retraction of the article against Mr. Buhari; the attitude of moneybags who abandoned Jonathan in his moment of need, his relationship with former First Lady, Patience Jonathan, and his love-hate drama with many of his passionate fans.
Mr. Adesina was no less forthright. He spoke on Mr. Buhari’s style, the war on corruption and Boko Haram, the CBN’s policy of defending the naira, and his relationship with the president.
The edition, which its publishers say will leave readers on the edge of their chairs, also contains interviews with the incoming vice chancellor of the University of Ibadan, Professor Abel Olayinka; a conversation with Corps Marshal Boboye Oyeyemi; and an insight by social entrepreneur, Chude Jideonwo on how Red Media Africa ran Mr. Buhari’s election campaign.
http://www.premiumtimesng.com/news/top-news/191561-reuben-abati-femi-adesina-in-war-of-words-over-jonathan-buhari.html

princekene61:
Y is COAS usin WAS achieveable instead of IS achieveable

You should have known @boki and his grammar

Kardashian General and his Instagram boys scout army

simplycarro:
Brainwashed animal

Slave, I'm not here for cheap shots, so swerve!

Buhari and APC are the first in history of this dubious entity called Zoogeria to run the most fraudulent cabinet in the 21st century.

simplycarro:
Foolish animal, where is your location at the moment? Zoogeria?

Another zoogerian detected, very aggressive set of humans. Smh

Buhari and APC are showing zoogerians that they are not serious about the issue of governance

Lies

Nnamdi Kanu has been vindicated

Hmm. Zoogeria is in trouble